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May’s Mistakes

January 14, 2019 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

To stand for election as leader of the Conservative Party was a mistake because Theresa May has neither the imagination nor flexibility for successful leadership in times of division and change. She tried to build a coalition between two opposing views within the Tory party, when she should have been building a coalition for a […]

Sentencing Reform Welcome

January 13, 2019 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

The shocking fact that this country has more people in prison than any other democracy in Europe is one which has disturbed many people for a long time. Rory Stewart, the prisons minister, is now proposing a consultation on eliminating short term sentences of six months or less, because statistics show them to be a […]

Brexit: Political Chaos

January 11, 2019 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

The vote on May’s deal is set for Tuesday. It represents a climatic moment in a story of political confusion arising from the biggest failure of governance in GB’s peacetime history. But it will not end there because if the vote is lost absolutely nobody anywhere knows what will happen next, taking uncertainty about this […]